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Tabs are a design idea that predates the web. You'll find them on physical file folders, binders, and address books, for example. I wouldn't be surprised to lea
by troymc 13y ago
Tabs are a design idea that predates the web. You'll find them on physical file folders, binders, and address books, for example. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that tabs were invented hundreds of years ago.
- DrJokepu 13y agoI think OP was talking about Chrome’s tabs specifically. Their appearance and the way they function. Firefox had tabs well before Chrome (and IIRC Opera had tabs well before Firefox).
- jeorgun 13y agoChrome's tab shape didn't exactly originate in a vacuum, though. https://www.google.com/search?tbs=imgo%3A1&tbm=isch&q=manila+folder+tab https://www.google.com/search?tbs=imgo%3A1&tbm=isch&q=manila... It seems slightly disingenuous to claim that every use of non-square tabs is copying Chrome.
- V-2 13y agoPutting the tab bar on the very top was introduced in Chrome. It was the first browser that did that, the others followed soon.
- pantalaimon 13y agoChrome didn't even exist when firefox had tabs, but I don't think there was ever a version of Chrome without tabs.